Baby makes 6//Arizona maternity and newborn Photographer

When we were in high school, Heidi and I used to plan our giant spinsterhood parties. We swore we would never get married, never have kids, and live in a giant farm filled with animals and ride horses all day.

Yet despite the wild dreams of youth, here we are with families full of children, If we had known back then, what we know now, there’s not a doubt in my mind we would have been planning farms full of children instead.

Because of my deep love for big families like this, I realized a while back that moms of multiple children often skip out on maternity pictures when the time comes for pregnancy #3. I understand, Really I do! It’s tiring, coordinating all the kids, coaxing smiles, its not the first pregnancy…

But it makes me sad. It's still the chance to capture one last memory of the family just like this. His last days as the baby before he gets a turn to be a big brother, this moment when they all still feel SO little before the the older ones are in high school and you're forever categorizing them as the 'little kids' and 'big kids', that moment of anticipation as you wonder how your family that already feels complete is going to feel just that much more complete when the new baby comes.

So, when I heard Heidi was expecting her 4th I texted her immediately.

"You want to do maternity pictures, right???"

I'm lucky she understands the value of this moment

Hadley//Arizona Child and Cheer Photographer

The number one thing I look for in my spokesmodel applications is the support of the family. It’s important to me that the experience of working with me for the year but enjoyable for the parents as well as the child. The second thing I look for is an activity the child is involved in that she is passionate about. This gives us something to create the personalized session around, which makes that first session extra fun.

Hadley has both things in spades.

From the way her dad wrote about her on her spokesmodel application it was immediately clear to me that he was proud and supportive of his daughter. Over the last couple of months I have watched as her mom juggles life and a demanding cheer schedule as Hadley has quickly advanced through the cheer levels filling in for other teams as gaps arose. As for the passion Hadley has for cheer, the pictures speak for themselves!

While we intended for her spokesmodel session to be all about cheer, but thanks to a happy coincidence I had a dress rented from Anna Triant Couture that was just her size and color mom and I agreed would be stunning on her. So we added a little dress up to our cheer session!.

Ps. Just for fun. Here’s a picture from the first time I ever met Hadley back in 2019 when she was dancing with my friends over at Rhythm and Motion Dance Center!